I also suggest Python. You can Just Write Code like in BASIC, the syntax is simple, it also has all the major OO language features, and is well-supported. It has a bunch of libraries that let you do fun things like make games (see the pyglet library).
Not having read the article, but inferring from the 'typing a command' bit, I think we can assume that she didn't see the man until the photo was sent to her. If she's typing a command, she probably can't see a live-updating window.
I really wish Apple would start building in Ogg-vorbis support. It's a common format these days, and there really isn't a reason not to support it (that I can think of).
I wouldn't know what you're talking about. I've never had those issues. Then again, I'm using a Mac right now, which comes with a control panel that handles mice and trackpads seperately, works with WiFi flawlessly, needs little to no adjustment on first installation, always has the right video card drivers, and, contrary to popular belief, has plenty of software.
I wasn't talking about what you can get from the repos. I was talking about *what's already installed.* That's why I didn't bother to look up the name of the package that must be installed. This is the kind of thing that should already be there, no extra knowledge required. Expecting the average user to browse the giant list of packages is absurd.
What if they had a mouse *and* a trackpad, and they wanted to make the trackpad less sensitive? Are you saying they should just live with a super-slow mouse?
I'm currently sitting in a big lecture hall. Average physics (mechanics) class. Case Western Reserve University.
There's a giant chalkboard in the front which the professor is writing on. There's a little desk off to the side that can send video to a projector. I think I learn the material better when he writes on the board, but sometimes a video demonstration is more convenient than trying to set up a complex demo (ie looking at a sequence of timed photos). He also provides the notes online, as well as all handouts. This is mostly to save paper, but it's still more convenient than paper, and even more accessible, since I can carry all my papers around in one book-sized object.
Educational tech is good in moderation. I love not having to carry around 50 pieces of paper, but I wouldn't want to be taught via streaming video.
(Of course, I guess it's very telling that I'm writing a post on/. during class, but then again, it keeps me awake for when he gets around to the important stuff and stops just repeating 'F=ma'.)
The Car Talk guys said that temperature should only make an insignificant difference. However, they're not really your neighborhood experts in fluid physics, either.
(It will remain to be seen whether there are workarounds for this for those who only want the iPod functionality of iPhone, and whether the iPhone is easily unlockable for those who wish to try it on alternate carriers, and so on.)
Apparently, Apple had to make AT&T make changes to the voicemail system to accommodate some nifty features, so if you switched carriers, you might lose voicemail.
So I can change songs without switching over to iTunes. Much easier to just hit ctrl+alt+v or whatever to go to the next song. Better to use a simple left hand movement than to have to mouse around.
I only use one gadget, an old black-and-white-screen iPod, and only had a desktop computer until a couple of days ago. I only really use the MP3 player in the car.
However, that doesn't preclude me from gadgetism. I'm a software gadget freak. If I don't have my iTunes hotkey control, my app launcher (Quicksilver), my Gmail checker, and my virtual desktops (VirtueDesktops), I'm much less happy, as I learned after getting this shiny new Macbook Pro.
It also goes for audio plugins. If I don't have 8 extra synthesizers that I never use, I feel limited.
I'm your average rabid Apple fan, but surely they had to have a fix at least this fast to keep from looking stupid. I doubt they'll be as quick in the future.
Oh, don't worry, there's more on page 2 (emphasis mine):
In 1974, when Suzanne Shell was seventeen years old, her father punched her in the face...despite being a straight-A student, a cheerleader and a member of the marching band at her Minnesota high school, she was labeled an "out-of-control teenager" and placed in a foster home for her entire senior year...At seventeen, she also gave birth to a daughter that she gave up for adoption.
I find it interesting how information is used selectively here. She is cast as the victim in the second and third paragraphs, with the standard foster home sob story. She was supposedly a wonderful person, but then we find, buried in parentheses a paragraph later, the bolded text above. Hmm, pregnant...cheerleader...
It also looks like her own kids reported her for child abuse and went to live with their father, and she's pretty ticked about that.
She wonders why she's disliked by the court system. Well, the evidence is all over the article:
"Every phone call that goes in or out of my house is recorded."
She's with the "pro-spanking, home-schooling, families-first forces."
"Shell urges her readers not to cooperate with the child-protection system at any level."
"If you see a child whom you suspect of being neglected or abused, you probably shouldn't report it...since the kid could be victimized further in foster care."
"Tape everything. If it looks like the brutes might try to remove your precious dumplings from the home, hide them. If they snatch Junior anyway, plant a bug in his teddy bear so you can monitor what goes on in the foster home."
And look how effective she is!
"I don't think I've ever had a case where she's been involved where we have not ended up terminating parental rights," says Rocco Meconi, Shell's nemesis in Fremont County.
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"Real" does not equal "permanent."
...I know from experience that it's a lot easier to get work done in a distraction-free computer lab, compared to a noisy dorm room.
I, on the other hand, find it easier to get work done in a distraction-free dorm room than in a noisy computer lab.
I also suggest Python. You can Just Write Code like in BASIC, the syntax is simple, it also has all the major OO language features, and is well-supported. It has a bunch of libraries that let you do fun things like make games (see the pyglet library).
You can still download OpenOffice from one of the mirrors in the list on this page: http://ftp.stardiv.de/mirmon/mirror-state.html
Not having read the article, but inferring from the 'typing a command' bit, I think we can assume that she didn't see the man until the photo was sent to her. If she's typing a command, she probably can't see a live-updating window.
Because no one teaches courses in C#...except for my freshman-level game programming course using XNA on a grant from MS.
Not much more to say than that.
I really wish Apple would start building in Ogg-vorbis support. It's a common format these days, and there really isn't a reason not to support it (that I can think of).
I wouldn't know what you're talking about. I've never had those issues. Then again, I'm using a Mac right now, which comes with a control panel that handles mice and trackpads seperately, works with WiFi flawlessly, needs little to no adjustment on first installation, always has the right video card drivers, and, contrary to popular belief, has plenty of software.
I wasn't talking about what you can get from the repos. I was talking about *what's already installed.* That's why I didn't bother to look up the name of the package that must be installed. This is the kind of thing that should already be there, no extra knowledge required. Expecting the average user to browse the giant list of packages is absurd.
What if they had a mouse *and* a trackpad, and they wanted to make the trackpad less sensitive? Are you saying they should just live with a super-slow mouse?
I'm currently sitting in a big lecture hall. Average physics (mechanics) class. Case Western Reserve University.
/. during class, but then again, it keeps me awake for when he gets around to the important stuff and stops just repeating 'F=ma'.)
There's a giant chalkboard in the front which the professor is writing on. There's a little desk off to the side that can send video to a projector. I think I learn the material better when he writes on the board, but sometimes a video demonstration is more convenient than trying to set up a complex demo (ie looking at a sequence of timed photos). He also provides the notes online, as well as all handouts. This is mostly to save paper, but it's still more convenient than paper, and even more accessible, since I can carry all my papers around in one book-sized object.
Educational tech is good in moderation. I love not having to carry around 50 pieces of paper, but I wouldn't want to be taught via streaming video.
(Of course, I guess it's very telling that I'm writing a post on
"Uh oh" is right.
The Car Talk guys said that temperature should only make an insignificant difference. However, they're not really your neighborhood experts in fluid physics, either.
(It will remain to be seen whether there are workarounds for this for those who only want the iPod functionality of iPhone, and whether the iPhone is easily unlockable for those who wish to try it on alternate carriers, and so on.)
Apparently, Apple had to make AT&T make changes to the voicemail system to accommodate some nifty features, so if you switched carriers, you might lose voicemail.
So I can change songs without switching over to iTunes. Much easier to just hit ctrl+alt+v or whatever to go to the next song. Better to use a simple left hand movement than to have to mouse around.
I only use one gadget, an old black-and-white-screen iPod, and only had a desktop computer until a couple of days ago. I only really use the MP3 player in the car. However, that doesn't preclude me from gadgetism. I'm a software gadget freak. If I don't have my iTunes hotkey control, my app launcher (Quicksilver), my Gmail checker, and my virtual desktops (VirtueDesktops), I'm much less happy, as I learned after getting this shiny new Macbook Pro. It also goes for audio plugins. If I don't have 8 extra synthesizers that I never use, I feel limited.
I'm your average rabid Apple fan, but surely they had to have a fix at least this fast to keep from looking stupid. I doubt they'll be as quick in the future.
Why anyone would use bots to troll about circumcision, especially on /., is a mystery to me.
How exactly does one "accidentally expose" all this secret-database stuff?
"Stolen from Apple Computer" (whole story)
In other news, a monolith was unearthed in the Tycho crater on the moon yesterday and began emitting signals off into space...
Sorry, let my personal views sneak in there. I guess no one is immune.
...and he wants his web site back.
I find it interesting how information is used selectively here. She is cast as the victim in the second and third paragraphs, with the standard foster home sob story. She was supposedly a wonderful person, but then we find, buried in parentheses a paragraph later, the bolded text above. Hmm, pregnant...cheerleader...
It also looks like her own kids reported her for child abuse and went to live with their father, and she's pretty ticked about that.
She wonders why she's disliked by the court system. Well, the evidence is all over the article:
And look how effective she is! Heck, this belongs on Fark not Slashdot.